Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-15

Ass exSsnss e uaisfsining An armed
fSses n tisse Of peses b ia al Easopsan
eoanfries e1oxwO1s. Bzs shis e.
psnas - iEsiRniaeazs il eoupartsoa
vita the cost Of m SEXUAL var. Ire In
direct loses Sustained b ration ss
var are - diverse and far rsaehinR IN
their saset - soDeti1ss % Be Ioss
siRsf Of. Il Il sally b. taking an acasal
sass Of var aud snzIS Enz lie results
and losses thaa . psopeE estimate of the
disastrous Losses fb8t are entaiEsd By Q
gar. hSssvsF shsFf, can - estimated
Take for exanpgs the Fraseo- German
var uhieA lasted enly sboaf seven
months. The total east to Francs vas
% snsrnoos that it can With difHoaIsy
Be comVrebenoed.
The dirses expenses Of tia French
R0ssTnnent on account Of the var vsEs
si1 bupdred million dollars. Thie
anoant ineIades the extra war credits,
the cost Of maintaining the German
troops IN Francs sabssqasut 10 tie var,
and The Coz, Of rebuilding snd re-
equippinR the army. The amount Of
reqsisitioas levied BY The invading
army, the expenditures incurred locally,
and the destruction sf property in the var
are estimated at Two hundred and twen-
ty-HVe million dollars. The indemnity
demanded By Gsrmsny and paid BY
France vas ore lboasanG naRio. DOL
lSrs. Add to these figures tweRfy-hve
millioa dollars for var pensions, seven
hundred and fifty million dollars
for loss Of income during 1870 and
1871, Ave hundred and sixty mil
iion dollars for She depreciation
10 French earning power. and three
hundred and twenty million dollars. the
vAlae Of Alssee and Lorraine, which
usfe eedsd 70 Germany, and 10 gives 9
grand total Of thrse thousand four hun
dred and eighty million dollars e. the
entire cost Of the var lasting seven
months 10 the French people. This e.
timste does not include the value Of the
lives lost, which is an uncertain quan
tity. This loss IL equal 10 the savings
Of the entire nation fer ten years.
Tbs cost Of the var to Germany vas,
Of course, much less. Indeed. consid-
cred purely from Q monetary point Of
view. 10 was q source Of profit. The
total direct and indirect expenditure Of
the German government incident 70 the
var vas Eve hundred and seventy 1--WE
million dollars. The cash indemnity
Fsoeiyed and the value Of the ceded
provinces tORsthsr amount to one thoue
and three hundred and twenty million
dollars, 80 thai the war resulted in q net
gain to Germany Of seven hundred and
forty i've million dollars.
Oar OaR national debt furnishes an
other startling evidence Of the enormous
cost Of war. 10 1850 the United States
bad no debt worth speaking Of. In 1865
our debt amounted in round numbers to
three tAsusand million dollars. This
shows that the SEXUAL cash cost Of the
War Of she Rebellion 30 the United
States aggregated this enormous sum.
And when We consider that these figures
do not include indirect losses, nor the
cost Of the war 10 the South. it will be
apparent thst the actual cost Of the war
Gould amoant to Q sum that can hardly
be appreciated.
IL is not only possible bat extremely
probable that before many years have
elapsed there will be general European
war. Russia hes her eyes fixed stead
lastly upon Constan tinople, and is only
waiting an oppOTtune moment to move
upon 1t, France is smsrting under the
indigniiy OF q humilatinR defeat, and IL
Is only necessary to know the character
OF the French people TO appreciate the
fact that they will never rest until their
defeat has been avenged or until they
safisr . still greater one. England,
Austria and Germany are acting in a
measure upon the defensive. tits their
wish 10 maintain the face Of Europe
a. 10 nov is, aVd TO ensure this they
have been STRENGTHENING their armies
and increasing their nsvies as though
var had actually begun. One of tie
managers OF a prominent London news
paper said = few days ago that there
vas DOT q single paper In London which
bad not goEs steadily ahead making
preparations and employing correspond
eRts throughout Europe in the same way
a. though var vas actually impending"
When the var does come IL will be such
one as the wsFId has never known.
Ils cost will be something fabulous. II
the sovsreigns Who have the determine.
tion Of the question in their hands
would stop and count that COS, before
embarkiaR upon a war. IL hardly seems